South East Asia

South and South East Asia includes Southern India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka the Philippines, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, Nepal and Tibet.

Arms and armour from these regions are rare, but the Royal Armouries is fortunate to have significant holdings of these.

These regions were often impenetrable to all but the most determined of explorer or invader, and as such their arms and armour are often highly individual in style.

Scary Horned Helmet

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Special Operations Executive - A Celebration

As part of its month of remembrance, the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the film ‘Carve her Name with Pride’.

22 November

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Paper bullets?

High quality drawing paper is often referred to as cartridge paper – before brass cartridges gunpowder and a ball were wrapped in paper of high quality for ease of loading the single shot muzzle loading guns.

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